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Why Hanumanji is bound by chains in Jagannath Puri??!!

Jagannath Puri dham is located on the shore of Bay of Bengal. And in the city we have the world famous temple of MahaPrabhu Jagannath, the Prabhu of the entire universe.

It is said that as the mandir is near the sea so the water of the sea used to enter the city and upto the temple bringing discomfort to the devotees. Once Varuna wanted to take darshan of the Prabhu so he went to the temple and as a result the city got flooded.

The residents wanted there should be someone who could prevent the water from the sea entering the mandir. Now who could do this herculean task. It is but natural that MahaPrabhu Jagannath turned towards Hanuman who during the time of Prabhu Rama

had easily crossed the ocean to find Maa Sita. Hanuman happily agreed. And everyone felt relieved and were happy.
 
But as the days passed Hanuman started becoming unhappy. Why? Because of the food which was given to him. It is said that during that time MahaPrabhu Jagannath

was only offered Khichdi as bhoga. And same was given to Hanuman also. He got fed up. He had the experience of enjoying delicious food in Ayodhya.

So one day he could not control himself and thought that let me go for sometime to Ayodhya and eat varieties of food as much as

possible and then I will quickly return back to Puri.

So he went in the night to Ayodhya to savour the delicacies. But during his absence the sea entered the city. Everyone was wondering how it happened?

Soon they realized that Hanuman was not in town for brief time and

had taken leave without approval.
 
Prabhu Jagannath ordered that Hanuman be tied by chains. Hanuman accepted his mistake and happily agreed to be tied. It is said that on every chain links name of Prabhu Rama is engraved.

This is why here Hanuman is also called Vedi Hanuman or

Bedi Hanuman i.e. Hanuman bound by chains. He is also known as is Daria Mahavir.

What about the Prasadam?

While pleading his case Hanuman told to Prabhu Jagannath about the reason why he had to flee in the night to Ayodhya. MahaPrabhu Jagannath understood the problem

and it is said that from that day onwards it was decided that Prabhu Jagannath will be offered different varieties of food and Hanuman would also get the different delicacies. Hanuman was now pleased and he decided to stay there.

From that day onwards the tidal

waves have never entered the city, never disturbed the residents.
Hanuman became the guardian deity of SriKshetra.

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